THE 



Covent . Garden JOURNAL 

EXTRAORDINARY. 



By Sir ALEXANDER DRAWCANSIR, Knt. Ccnfor of Great-Brltain, 



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\ " ? ^odnne of Pyibaioras toucliing the Metemtfychofn or Tranf- 
niigrationof Soul, plainly fnewcth, that (bdldc's the Stoics) there 
was a Scft of Predcftinarians among tlic Antients, even before 

. . . . o^i^'f'TW^^r^"', ^^'•' 't i^ '^o' to be fuppcfr.l that 1 
th.nk.ng Sp.nc which had formerly animated a Tyrant, wc!uld without 
Compumon, enter the BoJy ot an Als ; or that the Soul of a Philofopher 
wouU. in another Vehicle lubm.t to the infamou. Drudgery of a common 
Proftitute ; though both thefe rranfitions arc more natural than moft l\o- 
pie imagine ; and I have oltcn been tempted to believe, that it was rclrVT- 
too much on the Art of ConjeAurc, to fuppofe fuch ftranffe Suc.cmonl 
of Employment, were impok-d by the eternal Jufticc of D V.:n' in cal.r 
to pumfli the Soul in one Station, for the Crim-s and FoHi-s r'hv] rom- 
mittcd in another Jhe Soul of a Tyr.irt mult be voij of aH S ••i^l',:li'^• 
clfe it could not bear to fee, much Icfs to augment t'lc Mifi.s .)f hu'-nal 
Nature: Being therefore without feeling, what fo v;cll adapted to fui l-r l c 
Slavery, Stripes and Indignities annexed to the Petfon of an Afs' A^w 
many ot th- Philofophers, ancient as well as mode;-.- were iclKws ''who 
proftitutcd their Talents lor Mire— they trimmed up their Philol'.pr.v with 

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^ g;im1y Appnrcl, r'nootlici.1 over lirr Crack' ar.d Flaws with the Varr.ifh of 

2 Khttorirlv and .-^ liftry, ami iyr.di] iicr Attractions to the Publick, wlien 

i th-y knc'vv fhc was at Bott(J!n inlcidlious and unloiind Ihen wlio {q 

well qualified as ihey to ninlpire the Nymphs ot Drury-Lanc, and conceal 
the Ravages \v!iie!i I im •, Accident an. 1 Difc.ire have made upon their l\rlons! 
'i he lani« l-'rointity m. y li' obl'erved in the Tranimigration ot Cireum- 

Hancc, incidici'it i) Indivuiu.iis in the Courle of one mortal Peregrination 

I (hall only mention two lull inces which every Day occur. How often do 
v.efeea \ag.iboiKl metamor]ilK)led into a Juftice, and a Cook-maid fuc- 
ceed to the Honours oi" her Mil'trels ? — With regard to the fuil, I cannot 
help diiTentingtrom iholc who areot Opinion, that the Place of a iMarriftratc 
ought always to be fu pplied by a Man of unbleniilhcd Morals and exemplary 
Lite. Indeed, it nothing was to be done but tj admir.iller an Oath, [;rant a 
Warrant, fign a Mittimus, and receive t!ie Shillmg, fuch a reilo:i\ould 
fill the Ciiair with fuffieient Ability •, bur, h;/.'/ car. Men of fober Life and 
Convtrl.'.tion be qualified to deteft the numerous A rtilices of Felons and 
Impoitors, who have been trained up trum the Cracile ((;r ratlier Irum the 
Kennel) in a Courle ot I)i(rimulation and Deceit. An honeft Man like a 
He-Cioar, fmclls fo rank, that you ui.'.y perceive him a tar ofi". 'I'his Si- 
mile (and a Itrong one it is) hatli bieii uled by tli.- Chief of thole tew Phi- 
lofophers, whom we can number among the I'rinces and Emperors of the 
Larth, and 1 (hall give it in his own Word-, at the loot ot.the Pao-f" fcr 

tile Satistaffion ot tliofc Readers who underltand Giwl: 1 j;,,, ^lnji^-rj'j 

I lonelly, like a violent Stink, will maniiell: itfelt (and be Hiunncd accordinoKr) 
yet, Knavei y is often fo cunningly difguiled, that no lion. !l Man can difcovcr 
iM- Impof^urc ; tor which Reaton it is expetlitnt and even ixcelVarv to cm- 
1 loy in the Station of Magtllrates. iuch Perfons as b.ave led the m'ult i)ro- 
lligate Lives, and been convcrfant in all thole wily Frauds whicli are nradtifed 
by the ChiKlren ol Iniquity — 1 or, what is a Magiilratc but a 'Flii.f-carchcr 
) by Authority ? Ami that it is rcquifitc, for the Good of Society to fet 

• ■ a Thief to catch a Thief, is a Maxim not only adopted by the Moderns 

but was alfo maintained by the wifefl: Lcgifiators of Antiquity On' 

(lays /bitoninus) catches Hares, another Anchovies, a third boars, a fourth 
Bears, and a fifth catches 'I hieves -, and if you confider the Prhiciples of 
both, you will find very little Difference betwixt the Tliief and the Thief- 
taker.— Befidcs thefe Confiderations, there is another which recommend.s 
this Practice, namely, that of weakening the Bands of Villainy, and 
• Hiengthening the Hand of Juftice, in buying oft a Retainer to the' one 
and making it worth his while to be an ufetul Member of the other— in 
the fame Manner ts other Oppofitions are undermined — Flavinq thus de- 
livered my Sentiments upon the Promotion ot the Pick-pocket^ I com- 
now to confider that of the CookWcnch, in whofe Behaif many fav'ourv 

Arguments may be produced Firft then, I believe it will not be deniu' 

tlial tiie principal End of Life, is to live well -, that tlie chi f Inured ier.t of 
good Living, is good Cliear; and that with thole who hold thfs Maxim 
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Have not mnny of the Phllofoplurs, and almofl. all the Poets of Antiquity, 
recommended the Sanity and Satisfadtion ot living while we may, and 
given an irrefiftiblc Keafon tor inculcating this Advice, namely, becaul'e 
feme Time or other we muft ceafe to live : An Oblervation lb juft and 
confiimmatcly fagacious, that I am perluaded it could never have entered 
the Thought of any Modern whatever ; although many ot them have re- 
peated it, as audacioufly as if it had been their own, without acknowledg- 
ing the Theft Indeed this was not the Cafe with a PredeceiTor of my 

own ; I mean Robert Shallow, Ei'q; Juftice of Peace and Q^rorum, who in 
making the fame Remark, very modeftly and pioufly afcnbes all due Ho- 
nour to the Author, in thefe Words, " We mult all die," as the Pfahiijl 
fays. But to return to our Subjed, a Cook- Maid is not only refpcdablc 
ex officio; but, alfo, wonderfully well adapted for the domeftick Duties of 
a Wife. It is the common Outcry, that People are robbed, ruined and de- 
voured by their Servants; therefore, as I have already obferved m the Cafe 
of the Pickpocket, it is certainly a Stroke of found Policy in a Man to 
gain over one of the Confpiracy to his Intereft ; becaul'e, being perfectly 
well acquainted with the Circumftances of their Conduft, flie will dive into 
theif Adions, and deted their Difhonefty — Again, fhe will perpetually have 
before her Eyes the Lownefs of her Origin, confequently retain a due Senfe of 
the Obligation flie lies under to the Perfon who lifted her above that humble 
Sphere, and accordingly ad in all Things for his Eale and Advantage. — 
■ And again, (he will be in the Predicament of thofe who are faid to com- 
mand the better, for having learned to obey ; and as Perfons of her Profc f- 
fion are fuppofed to imbibe in their Tempers, a large Portion of the I'irc 
to which they are fo much expofed, flie will in all Likelihood poflcfs a De- 
gree of Vivacity fufficient not only to enforce her Commands, but alio to 
enliven Converfation, and give the necefiary Fillips to the Spirits of her 
Lord and Hufband — All thefe Confiderations are exclufive or the Savincfs 
in point of her Diverfions and Drefs, which furely cannot be fo expcniivc 
as thofe of a fine Lady j though (he may perhaps be better qualilied tor 
all the Comforts and Pleafures of Wedlock, than any of thofe who liamc 
in the Front of Fafhion — The greateft Men among the Antients, were cap- 
tivated by the Charms of Waiting- Maids. Did not the Wrath of Achilles, 
which was fo fatal to the Greeks, wholly proceed from the Lofs of his 
Cook Maid, who was fnatched from his Arms by the Power of Authority ? 
And does not Jgamemnon exprefly fay he preferred his Scrvant-Maid Cbry- 
feis to his QutcnClytemneJlra? In fliort, this Tafte became the Vogue in 
many Parts of Greece, and he that was in Falhion, was laid [t.iyufii!,uv-, An- 
glice, to Cookize. From Greece it was with other Species of Politenels, 
imported into Rome, fo as to be confpicuous, in the Time of Augujlus, 
as we learn from Horace, who writes the fourth Ode ot the fccond Bock, 
expredy to congratulate and juftify his Friend Pboceus, upon his having 
married his Maid ; and I am much pleafed to fee fuch a worthy Example 
followed by fome of the moft falhionable People, and greateft Wits of the 
prefent Age. 

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Journal of the WAR. 

NOtwithftanding the Pacification, an Account of which we gave in our 
lall, an Exprefs hath fince arrived at the Geniral's Hcatt-Quarters, 
with Information that a flying Party fl:ill kept the licld, rcfufing to fub- 
fcribe to the Articles of the Treaty •, and that they had t.ikcn Poll in TuttU- 
Fields, wliere they had erefted a Fortification of fome Confequence. A 
Detachment was immediattly ordered out to reconnoitre, and the fame 
Evening brought back Word that there mull have been fome Miftake in 
the Intel hgence; for they could perceive notiiing but ^ fmall IIuU, built of 
Mud and covered with Thirties, whicii could not poHlbly Hand a Siege, 
but would fall a Sacrifice to the firft Afs wiio fliould wander that Way in 
Queft of Pafture—— Though in their Return tlicir Ears were faluted with 
a rtrange and horrible Noife, feeminjjly iffuing from the Earth, and con- 
veying thefe articulate Sounds 

*' Beware, andjhun your Leader* s Lot : 
Condemn'' d to mortify nr.d rot. — " 

Sir Alexander hearing this Report, was at firfl a little affedtcd, and even 
changed Countenance-, but he foon recovered his Spirits, and regaling him- 
felf with a frelh Quid, affirmed the whole was an impudent iraud trumped 
up with a View to alienate the Affections of his Soldiers, by the fame nor- 
thern Free-booter who had lately aflaulted him and his Frieni.is from another 

Quarter He fcrupled not to fay, that this Upftart was even lower than 

his Lownefs : And with his ufual Candor, Wit and good Breeding, declared 
him to be the vileft Ruffian unhanged, and a greater Rebel to Elegance and 
good Senfe, than any of his Countrymen haii ever been to the mildeft and 
beft of Princes — He then, with his wonted Moderation, propofed a Re- 
ward to any one of his Adherents who fhould bring that Mountaineer before 
him, in a judicial Manner, either as Evidence or Defendant, that he might 
infult him from the Bench with opprobrious Language, or treat him as a 
Malefador, by committing him to Newgate. 



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ADVERTISEMENT. 

WHereas I, S\t Alexander Drawcanftr^ ofCovent-Garden, Knight, have 
been of late moft rancoroufly flandered in a virulent Pamphlet, en- 
titulcd, J Narrative of (be bafe and inhuman Arts prailifed upon the Brain 
of Habbakkuk Hilding, Juflicey Dealer and Chapman^ &c. whereby I am 
likely to fufFer greatly both in my Charafter and Occupation -, in order to 
vindicate mylelt from the fcandalous Afperfions contained in the faid 
Pamphlet, and at the fame Time to confute the Author of fuch an infa- 
mous Libel, I hereby promife the Reward of five Pounds, to any Pcrfon 
or Pcrfons, who fliall prove that I was ever feen difturbing the Peace of 
his Majefty on Afs-hack ; or known to blow a Trumpet, Horn, or any 
other Wind Inftrunient, as Herald to any Bead, or Colleftion of wild 
Bcafts •, or even to dillribute printed Bills, or invite Paflengers at the Door 
of any Houfe, Barn or Booth, in which any fuch Speftacles were exhi- 
bited — excepting, neverthelcfs, from this my Promife fuch Tranfaftions as I 
have been concerned in as an Author, Stroller and Puppet- fliow Man. 

Witnefs my Hand 

Alexander Drawcanfir. 



Articles of N E W S. 



ON Sunday lad, in the Evening, were privately interred the Rcmaim 
of Mrs. Amelia Booth, who tell a Sacrifice to the poifonous Influence 
ot evil Tongues. A l.a<.ly who was poflTt-ffcd of all the domttlick Virtues 
of Life -, and fo remarkable lor her Mcekntfs of Difpofition, as to have 
equalled the Fame of Patient GriJJel. The Expence of her Funeral was de- 
frayed by his Excellency Sir Alexander^ who was deeply afft;dtcd with her 
late, and now begs that no I'^rfon will be fo cruel and impious as to di- 
l\urb her Afhes. She had for fome Time paft been in afinliimptive Way, 
and as fhe drew near her latter End, her Friends perceived about her an 
earthy and mortified Odpur, of which, however, Ihe licrfeit Wis not fen- 
fibl c Ibis lajl Circumjiance is not at all to be wandered at \ if we refeti 

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tiat the liftbaffy Laiy could not well he fuppojed to retain the Seitfe of S-nelliit" 
after having been deprived of her lovely Noje. ^' 

, By Letters from the Bedford Coffee-Houfey wc are infornucl that J. R 

Efq; Patentee of the T r in C / G », dill alullG k, 

acknowlttlgc the Authority ot Sir Alexander -, ailalging that Ins ExcJluny 
hath as yet brought nothing in Support of his 'litlc luit his own Idl, 
mony, the Strength of which he pretends to know too wl-II to cicpcnJ. upon 
in as much as it hatli been rcjcfted in Junciry Trials which his Pre tendon,' 

Jiave alrcaiiy untlrrgonc ■ This Contumacy is the more jurj,rif:,:v 

as the Knight hath alt end) been reccgnized by the Proprietors of the otha 

Houfe, who have more immediate Reafon than Mr. H li, to nur/licn the 

Validity of his Title, in as much as they were confulcrable Sufferers ^ iy the liiji 
fcurvy and inhuman Vcrdiil that tvas given eigainjl tty when he undcrvjcnt th: 
Sentence of Damtuition on his Wedding-Da v. 

We have Advice from King\-Street, that War (open or underftood) hnti, 
been declared againft the General by a female Ch;impion, who calls hcild' 
Roxana Termagant; though we have fpecial Realbns to Ulieve this Amazon 
is no other than a Smart old Woman, who hath taken Offlncc at Sir .7.Vv 

ander's Encroachment upon her Province ot Gofllping JJ that bet/,- 

Cafe, the Difpute may be referred to the Decifion <jf the Matrons, vjhofljail k 
convened at the next Chriftening in Covent (Jarden Parifb, when it is not to Ic 
doi6tcd that Sir Alcxander'j Abilities in the Art and Mylery of Caudlt-mk- 
ing and Pofet-Converfation will appear as eminent as thofe of any o>d fVomai 
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